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00:29Okay, so let's continue with this topic that we're seeing is vital in our lives, which is the topic of...
00:36sin.
00:36And vital not in that we need it, but because it's something that walks with us and that, well, it is the
00:44cause of our destruction.
00:46But the problem with sin is not only the harm it does to us, but also the harm it does to others.
00:53It does harm to the church, the harm it does to society.
00:56Because sin always has social consequences and destroys the community, and particularly the most vulnerable among them.
01:06weak.
01:07So, this is what we call bad testimony.
01:10In other words, when our sin transcends our boundaries and affects the community, which is always a
01:21reality.
01:22Sometimes it takes longer to appear and sometimes less, sometimes with greater force and sometimes with less.
01:29But what I am convinced of is that sin always has social consequences.
01:38And let's see, let's look at this situation, shall we?
01:42Inspired by the actions of the Pharisees of his time, an important theme for Saint Paul, and therefore he has
01:49If it is also so for us, it is the bad testimony of the believers.
01:54This leads others, especially the weakest, to turn away from the faith.
01:59This is one of the devastating effects of sin, as it creates a reluctant layer that prevents others from doing the same.
02:08to enter the Christian life.
02:10And worse still, it causes many to leave the Christian life and return to paganism, or
02:19move to one of the Christian sects.
02:21This is in the best-case scenario, because the vast majority, sadly, leave the church to, well,
02:29join the ranks of modern paganism.
02:32So, vaccination is taking place.
02:35It is a vaccine that inoculates the other with the mystery of iniquity, which will prevent people from becoming
02:44and know life in abundance.
02:46In Romans 2:24, the apostle is decisive and bluntly states this reality, for he tells us,
02:56You who boast in the law, breaking the law, and dishonor God, for the name of God is
03:02blasphemed among the Gentiles for your sakes.
03:06And this should make us think, brothers.
03:10In this text, Paul alludes to the prophet Ezekiel, but in doing so he reveals the terrible damage that sin does when
03:20This is manifested in believers,
03:22living a life outside the Gospel and claiming to be Christians.
03:28On this subject, Jesus was very firm when he told us,
03:43It would be better for him if they hung a millstone around his neck and threw him into the sea,
03:50rather than cause one of the little ones to stumble.
03:55Look, this quote always impresses me,
03:59Because when I had the opportunity there in Europe to see the millstones from the time of Jesus,
04:07I was impressed.
04:09One would think of a small stone.
04:11No, the stone is a massive rock.
04:16I think more than a meter, a meter and a half,
04:19and so half a meter thick and sat on a cone
04:25and she would turn around with the slaves or with a donkey.
04:30And I don't know how much one of those rocks might weigh,
04:34but a lot.
04:37So, the image that Jesus tells us is,
04:41Giving bad testimony is a very serious matter.
04:45because it causes others to turn away from God.
04:49Our sin, therefore, has a twofold consequence.
04:53First it affects me, leading me into darkness,
04:56but it leads others to no longer believe in grace,
05:00I no longer believe in the church,
05:01and finally, then, to no longer believe in God.
05:04The sin that is committed by causing another to sin
05:07It's so serious that it's comparable, as I was saying earlier,
05:13Regarding this stone, right?
05:16And this is because it doesn't only affect us.
05:21to us who commit it,
05:23but it affects the church
05:24and brings disgrace upon the name of Christ.
05:28And we have said that, on the contrary,
05:31God must be proud of his children
05:33who lead an enviable life.
05:37Truly a full life, a perfect life.
05:40Therefore, we must avoid,
05:43by all means,
05:45giving this bad testimony.
05:48Think very carefully about what you are going to say,
05:50what is going to be done,
05:51especially when we are
05:53in the company of other brothers.
05:56Another important topic related to sin
06:01It is St. Paul's view regarding the law.
06:04This is also very important to us.
06:07The apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Romans
06:10as follows.
06:11I invite you to go to chapter 3 now,
06:14verses 19 and 20.
06:18Now, we know that everything the law says
06:21She says this to those who are subject to her,
06:25so that everyone will shut their mouths
06:27and be convicted before God.
06:31Therefore, no one will be justified in the presence of God.
06:35for doing the work required by law.
06:39Rather, through the law,
06:41we become aware of sin.
06:46From the perspective of the New Testament,
06:49the main function of Mosaic law
06:52It consists of the man recognizing
06:54that it is impossible to achieve salvation
06:58solely through one's own efforts.
07:01This law cannot make an unjust person
07:05in a fair person,
07:07nor grant grace to a sinner.
07:11This law is immutable
07:14and it always concerns us.
07:18That's why they're always relevant.
07:20the requirements of God's law,
07:23the ten commandments
07:25And, above all, now for us,
07:28the commandment concerning
07:30to love of God and neighbor.
07:33The law, therefore,
07:35It reveals that human beings are sinners.
07:38It is the revelation
07:41of the limits of grace and sin.
07:43In other words, the law establishes a line.
07:46that guides us.
07:48On this side we have
07:49the life of grace
07:51and on this side
07:52We have the life of sin.
07:56The law dictates to us
07:57where one ends
07:59and where the other one begins.
08:01That is why the apostle Saint Paul
08:04He says in his letter to the Galatians,
08:06I want us to go to Galatians 3, 23, 24,
08:10And this one, then, would also be valid
08:13It's worth having it underlined.
08:18Before this faith came,
08:22The law had us imprisoned,
08:25locked up until faith was revealed.
08:29So the law became our guide,
08:31in charge of leading us to Christ
08:34so that we might be justified by faith.
08:37But now that faith has come,
08:41We are no longer subject to this guide.
08:44What does Saint Paul want to tell us?
08:47Well, the law was like a hallo.
08:50In other words, it refers to a teacher,
08:54to a pedagogue
08:55that raises awareness
08:57of the situation itself
08:58and leads us to Christ.
09:00The law only served to tell us,
09:04Don't do this
09:04because this will lead to your death.
09:07But he wouldn't give us any more.
09:09He cannot save us.
09:11He has no power over us.
09:13It simply drives us.
09:16and it helps us.
09:20God gave it to us
09:22to guide our lives
09:24along the path of justice,
09:26even though she can't do it for us
09:28what we observe,
09:31that we may experience it.
09:32In other words, the law is a dead thing.
09:35He just tells me
09:37where does something end?
09:38and where the other one begins.
09:40But I don't have the strength.
09:43It's simply a limit.
09:44which lets us see
09:46that by transgressing it
09:48we will fall into a deadly situation,
09:51a situation that is not willed by God.
09:55This is clearly understood.
09:57when God expresses
09:58the first law
09:59that Adam gives him.
10:02When he gives
10:04Adam,
10:05and well,
10:05Well, that's where all men are,
10:07This law that grants them paradise
10:08that he respected certain rules
10:12that he put.
10:13I mean,
10:15the law is
10:16Adam,
10:18man,
10:19obey me.
10:20Do not transgress
10:21what I'm telling you
10:23and your whole life
10:24It will be great.
10:26Let's go to the text of Genesis.
10:28Let's review this text a little.
10:31Let's go to the book of Genesis
10:33in chapter 2.
10:35It is Genesis,
10:38Chapter 2,
10:39verse 15.
10:40It says
10:42God the Lord
10:44He took the man
10:45and placed it in the Garden of Eden
10:47so that he would cultivate it
10:49and take care of him
10:50and gave him this command.
10:52You can eat
10:53of all the trees in the garden,
10:55but from the tree of knowledge
10:57of good and evil
10:58You must not eat.
11:00The day
11:01eat it
11:04certainly
11:04You will die.
11:08With this
11:10It remained
11:10established
11:11a law.
11:12The man
11:13I shouldn't have taken it
11:14of the tree
11:15of knowledge
11:16of good
11:17and of evil.
11:18There is a line.
11:19If you do so,
11:21of transgressing it,
11:24God foretold man
11:25that this would bring
11:27consequences
11:28in his life.
11:29He told her,
11:29the day
11:31that you transgress
11:32this line,
11:33the day
11:34have a good time
11:35on the other side,
11:37the day
11:37that you eat
11:38of this fruit,
11:40that day
11:41you will die
11:43irretrievably.
11:45God
11:45thus establishes
11:47a limit
11:47that man
11:48should not
11:49to cross.
11:52Doing so,
11:53transgressing it,
11:55it will bring him
11:57consequences
11:57that will have an impact
11:59seriously
12:00his life.
12:01This shows
12:02that the law
12:02only presents
12:03the limits,
12:05hence
12:06Pablo's thesis
12:07about grace
12:08It takes on great strength,
12:10because it's only her
12:11the one that can do
12:11that man
12:12do not break the law
12:13and with that
12:14become a believer
12:16to the consequences
12:17of this violation.
12:18Consequences
12:19that are not loved
12:20For God's sake,
12:20nor are they placed
12:22or proposals
12:23Oh my God.
12:23they are simply
12:25well
12:26the consequence
12:27natural.
12:28If I take
12:29this book
12:31and I let it go,
12:33It falls.
12:35God wants
12:36that it falls,
12:37I want
12:37that it falls,
12:38No.
12:39It is part of
12:40of a law
12:42and if I
12:43loose
12:44This book,
12:45I'm putting it here
12:45and I let it go,
12:46It's going to fall.
12:47Equal
12:48the day
12:49that we eat
12:50of this fruit,
12:52from this tree,
12:53that day
12:55irretrievably
12:56We will die.
12:57The law
12:58Saint Paul will say
12:59It's not bad,
13:00only guides us
13:02and leads us
13:03to the extent
13:04in which we observe it
13:06and we introduce it
13:07to our life.
13:09But the truth is
13:10It's that without grace
13:11it turns out
13:12practically
13:13impossible
13:14that we don't go
13:16to break.
13:17That's why
13:18It is important
13:19have
13:19awareness
13:20how
13:23that law
13:24it is fundamental
13:27for
13:28delimit
13:29the field.
13:29That's why
13:30We need to know,
13:32to know it well.
13:34Honor your father
13:35and your mother.
13:35Okay.
13:36What if I don't?
13:37Ah,
13:38There will be consequences.
13:40Thou shalt not steal
13:43the law,
13:44He says that,
13:44and that prevents
13:45that I steal.
13:45No,
13:46He just tells me
13:47the day you steal
13:48That day you will die.
13:51Do not commit adultery,
13:53do not fornicate,
13:54don't say
13:55lies,
13:57etc
13:58There it is.
14:00It makes it clear to me
14:01What is the limit?
14:02to avoid falling
14:04in situations
14:05more serious.
14:07And well,
14:08Well, I think that
14:09with this
14:10I have made it clear
14:11What is this topic?
14:13of sin
14:14and the law.
14:15So, well,
14:16having already left
14:17clear this topic
14:18in which the law
14:20It saves us
14:21and that when
14:22we transgressed it
14:23we sinned
14:24and that this
14:25will bring
14:26consequences
14:27to my life,
14:29these transgressions
14:31they can even
14:31take us
14:32until death.
14:34When Paul
14:35has already left
14:36clear
14:37this idea
14:38in the mind
14:38of its listeners,
14:40now expresses
14:41the need
14:41that man has
14:42of the work of Christ
14:44in order to be able to
14:44get over
14:45this weakness
14:46human
14:47and so,
14:48strengthened
14:49by grace,
14:50to be able to walk
14:50with peace
14:51in this world
14:52and direct
14:53life
14:54towards eternity,
14:56an eternity
14:57that God himself
14:58it offers us
14:59us.
15:00To do this,
15:01the sinner
15:02has to join
15:04to Christ
15:04and die with Him
15:06in this way
15:07that has been released
15:09of tyranny
15:09and slavery
15:10of sin
15:11and as it says
15:12the apostle Saint Paul
15:13in his letter
15:14to the Romans
15:15in chapter 6
15:16verses 5 through 7
15:18says
15:19indeed
15:20if we have been
15:22united with Him
15:23on his death
15:24definitely
15:25we will also be
15:26united to Him
15:27in his resurrection.
15:29We know
15:30that our old nature
15:31She was crucified
15:33with the
15:34so that our body
15:35sinful
15:36lost his power
15:38so
15:39that we would no longer continue
15:40being slaves
15:41of sin
15:42because he who dies
15:44then he is free
15:45of sin
15:46it isn't true?
15:47Imagine this
15:49There's a dead person here
15:51and I pass it to him
15:52one million dollars
15:53So
15:54above her eyes
15:55What does the dead man do?
15:57It does nothing.
15:58he can't grab them
15:58because?
15:59Because he's dead
16:02I pass by parading
16:04at some
16:05beautiful girls
16:07all naked
16:08And the dead man?
16:10what are you doing?
16:12Well, it doesn't do anything.
16:13He is dead
16:16dead to sin
16:17and alive for Him
16:19in this text
16:20speaks of one
16:22of the mysteries
16:23larger
16:23of our faith
16:24death
16:26of each one
16:26of us
16:27in Christ
16:27whereof
16:29we have already spoken
16:30previously
16:32death
16:33that's what
16:34enables
16:35that sin
16:36can no longer
16:37operate on us
16:38the dead man
16:40He will no longer respond.
16:41to temptations
16:42He is dead
16:44while the man
16:46does not develop
16:48per se
16:48this process
16:49of death
16:50will continue to be
16:51in greater
16:52or less
16:53degree
16:53a slave
16:54of sin
16:55will obey
16:57to their passions
16:57without opposing
16:59endurance
17:00Let us remember
17:01that passions
17:02They don't die
17:04never
17:05we will always have
17:06taste
17:07for the good
17:08because it's comfortable
17:10for the pleasure
17:11our senses
17:13will continue to be
17:14a medium
17:15so that sin
17:16develop
17:17in us
17:18and well
17:19We'll leave it here
17:20our reflection
17:22to return
17:23a bit
17:23in our next
17:24court
17:25about the process
17:26from temptation
17:27we return
17:28in a few moments
17:44from temptation
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